Federation Announces Finalists for 2000-2001 Book Prizes

(OTTAWA) - Today the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada (HSSFC) proudly announced the finalists for its 2000-2001 book prizes. These prizes are awarded annually by the Federation to the best books in the fields of the Humanities and the Social Sciences. This year's winners will be announced at a reception at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa on November 24th. The media are invited to attend this event.

In 1990, the Federation established the Scholarly Book Prizes to recognise excellence in research and writing in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, and to acknowledge the significant contribution that Canadian scholarly books make towards the advancement of knowledge.

These awards are administered by the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP), a programme which supports the publication of manuscripts authored by Canadian scholars. A distinguished cross-Canada jury selects the best books published in one year. To be eligible, titles must have received financial assistance from the ASPP. This programme is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

The Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, which administers the ASPP, represents 67 learned societies, 69 universities and colleges and over 24,000 researchers. It also manages the permanent secretariat of the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, which is the largest academic gathering of its kind in North America.

A list of this year's finalists can be found on the following page:

Harold Adams Innis Prize -- for best English-language book in the Social Sciences

List of Finalists

Alan C. Cairns, Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State (University of British Columbia Press)
Stephen Duguid, Can Prisons Work? The Prisoner as Object and Subject in Modern Corrections (University of Toronto Press)
James J. Rice and Michael J. Prince, Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy (University of Toronto Press)
Filippo Sabetti, The Search for Good Government: Understanding the Paradox of Italian Democracy (McGill-Queen's University Press)

Prix Jean-Charles-Falardeau -- for best French-language book in the Social Sciences

List of Finalists

Daniel Dagenais, La fin de la famille moderne: Significations des transformations contemporaines de la famille (Les Presses de l'Université de Laval)
Rolande Pinard, La revolution du travail: De l'artisan au manager (Les Éditions Liber)
Maurice Tardif and Claude Lessard, Le travail enseignant au quotidian: Contribution à l'étude du travail dans les metiers et les professions d'interactions humaines (Les Presses de l'Université de Laval)
Roland Viau, Femmes de personne: Sexes, genres et pouvoirs en Iroquoisie ancienne (Les Éditions du Boréal)

Raymond Klibansky Prize -- for best English-language book in the Humanities

List of Finalists

Veronica Strong-Boag and Carole Gerson, Paddling Her Own Canoe (University of Toronto Press)
Gerhard P. Bassler, Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival (University of Toronto Press)
Carole Blackburn, Harvest of Souls. The Jesuit Missions and Colonialism in North America, 1632-1650 (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Roger Y. Clark, Stranger Gods: Salman Rushdie's Other Worlds (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Rod Preece, Animals and Nature, Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities (University of British Columbia Press)

Prix Raymond-Klibansky -- for best French-language book in the Humanities

List of Finalists

Janice Best, La subversion silencieuse: censure, autocensure et la lutte pour la liberté d'expression (Balzac - Le Griot éditeur)
Yvan Lamonde, Histoire sociale des idées au Québec (1760-1896): Vol. I (Les Éditions Fides)
Maurice Lemire et Denis Saint-Jacques, La vie littéraire au Québec, tome 1v, (1870-1894) (Les Presses de l'Université de Laval)
Jean Roy, Le souffle de l'espérance: Le politique entre le rêve et la raison (Les Éditions Fides)

For further information, please contact:

Douglas Lauriault
Director -- Public Affairs Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada
(613) 238-6112 ext. 306
Visit our web site at: www.fedcan.ca